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President Trump continues to emphasize that Apple should make the iPhone in the United States, or a steep import tariff will be applied to the company.
Tim Cook previously managed to provide significant tariff exceptions to Trump, even if they were officially temporary. Now, after Trump said Cook to build an iPhone in the United States instead of India, Apple threatens what seems to be a completely new tariff.
Now Trump has declared truth on his social platform that there will be a fine if Apple does not transfer production to the States.
is it unclear whether the indicated 25% tariff is at the top of current tariffs against various countries from which Apple can import the iPhone, or replacement & mdash; But the first, most likely, takes into account previous statements and tariff actions taken in this administration. Currently, an investigation of the consequences of the national security of the production of semiconductors is also being conducted, which is expected to end with a further tariff.
as in the previous Trump announcements, the stock market continues to remain unstable. In the preliminary market, at the time of writing and after the post on social networks, the AAPL shares decreased by 3.44%.
what will happen further
Apple cannot make iPhone in the USA and MDash; There is no necessary qualified labor, there are no proposals for the necessary necessary minerals, and there are no means. Trump's faith is that this is possible, is a political posture, like the Minister of Trade of Howard Lutnik, a bizarre statement that Apple simply needs a robot weapon.
, therefore, the “mutual” tariffs that were supposedly intended to return manufacturers in the United States, instead have just benefited from other countries. Firms, including Apple, cross their proposal and distribution so that the devices come to the United States from those countries that are least affected by tariffs.
each country is affected, there are no regions where tariffs do not affect Apple and its suppliers. But Apple expected to spend $ 900 million in its June quarter, exclusively on these efforts to minimize the influence of Trump's tariffs.
revealing this amount during the last call of income, Tim Cook also emphasized that it was calculated, assuming that there would be no more tariffs. The point is not that Apple did not expect further tariffs, it was simply impossible to evaluate that they could be.
now Apple reported that it should pay a quarter of the cost of each imported iPhone, regardless of where they come from. This does not mean that a repeated change in Apple was always wasted, as it is far from clear whether other tariffs of the country will also be applied.
, nevertheless, even if Apple has not registered the budget for this additional tariff, this will not change the overall situation. Even if Apple was physically possible to move to production in the United States, it would be cheaper to pay a tariff than to create objects and train enough staff.
such a production step will also take many years during which Apple probably still have to pay this new tariff.
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